1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread

[zedrone]

Its just a lot of little jobs.

Ed

[Blue Flame Restorations]

I'd give my left @#$!!! to rebuild a crushed car.

[Z51JEFF]

Does anybody know how many of these early cars were Metallic Red?I was just going through my 91 owners kit looking for something and theres a picture of the back of a MR car in the small info book.

[1989ZR1#74]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

Does anybody know how many of these early cars were Metallic Red?I was just going through my 91 owners kit looking for something and theres a picture of the back of a MR car in the small info book.

At least 6...

004 (DRM/Saddle w/saddle seat backs)
at least 4 that went to Europe (Car labeled #6 DRM/Saddle w/black seat backs)
078 (DRM/Black)

Can you scan the picture? What color is the interior?

[1989ZR1#74]

Earlier I posed a question to John Heinricy about the Driver Information Center (DIC) Full power light not being present on #004 as it is on #074. It appears that the other Pilots are also missing the Full Power Light as seen in the Yellow Riverside early press introduction ZR-1:

[1989ZR1#74]

Ther Red/Red Riverside Pilot also had the battery "L98" DIC:

Note This Pilot has the 8000 RPM Tach.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by 1989ZR1#74

At least 6...

004 (DRM/Saddle w/saddle seat backs)
at least 4 that went to Europe (Car labeled #6 DRM/Saddle w/black seat backs)
078 (DRM/Black)

Can you scan the picture? What color is the interior?

The picture is of the back of the car and theres no interior shot.

[1989ZR1#74]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

The picture is of the back of the car and theres no interior shot.

Hmmmm... can you take a pix of it? Any quality will do.

[1989ZR1#74]

John, What was the criteria for assigning an EX#? For example, your snake skinner had a standard VIN: #081 but Snake skinner II had EX6153? Thanks Eric

[Heinrocket]

Originally Posted by 1989ZR1#74

John, What was the criteria for assigning an EX#? For example, your snake skinner had a standard VIN: #081 but Snake skinner II had EX6153? Thanks Eric

Vehicles with a VIN usually meant a pilot or production vehicle. The EX number, if applied by the plant meant that it was some kind of prototype. Experimental! These vehicles had to be paid for out of budget immediately and would be used for some kind of testing and presumably would never be sold, but would be scrapped out.
Some VIN vehicles were turned into EX vehicles when enough experimental parts were installed to where the vehicle would become experimental. Discpline on this was not that great though